Love the way it hurts…
Okay, I lied.
I hate the way it hurts, but I just can’t help myself.
Usually it’s okay for awhile.
Sometimes I even make it all day.
But at some point, my poor ears scream at me to stop.
They have had enough.
They beg and plead until I free them from the oppressive bondage.
How do I do it, you ask?
How can I be so heartless as to take my ears hostage and do “unthinkable acts” against them?
With my favorite pair of earrings, ever, that’s how!
Yes that’s right, in the name of all things pretty and shiny!
I clean and disinfect those earrings torture devices every night.
I clean and disinfect my aching lobes.
I even take a break and let them completely heal before launching a new assault.
It’s all for not.
I’m pretty sure I’m allergic to these earrings.
The only earrings I love to wear.
The ones that cause a searing pain as soon as I try to push them through.
The ones that cause redness, swelling, bleeding and scabbing…
Why have they turned against me?
I suppose I should be on the lookout for a new pair of earrings.
Until then I hope my lobes forgive me for the war I wage on them.
7 Responses to “Love the way it hurts…”
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Oh that stinks! I have a few pair that I like to wear but by the mid afternoon I am itching to take out. What we do for beauty!
Stopping by from SITS!
Ouch! And they are pretty, I can see why they are your favorite earrings. I know that feeling, had the same thing happen to a favorite pair of earrings. They now sit at the bottom of my jewelry box.
Veronica, thanks for stopping by to leave a comment on my blog today! After reading your post, I hope that you are the winner! I always used to have the reaction you are talking about to earrings, then since I’ve started only wearing sterling silver hooks, totally fine. Perhaps you can find the same relief someday too!!
Good luck on the giveaway and thanks again for your comment!
This sounds like a cry for help to me. You can totally rationalize buying yourself a pair of expensive, hypoallergenic earings now, and you can tell yourself it’s for YOUR HEALTH.
Sounds like you need to find a new love-them pair that DON’T make you hurt!
are they sterling or 14K gold? b/c if not, that can easily cause infections. when I first got my ears pierced (when i was 12), that is what they told me…and so back then i only had like 2 pairs of earrings b/c they were the real stuff and more expensive. but I didn’t get infections.
Also, what about dipping/coating the post in some Neosporin before wearing them each time? I used to do that, too.
Ouch! And hahaha, you make me laugh. But mostly, OUCH!